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<br /> <br />ervi{{e <br />~tafj[isIietf 1857 <br /> <br />1880 9rtain Street, Centervi{[e, 9t1!N 55038 <br />651-429-3232 or 'F<V( 651-429-8629 <br /> <br />UPDATE from Dallas <br /> <br />November 19,2008 <br /> <br />21 st A venuelBackage Road <br /> <br />The contractor is requesting that he be given final approval and closeout on his contract. <br />The Council will have an easement to Rice Creek Watershed District on the agenda for <br />approval. This easement extinguishes old easements that are over much of the City and <br />Sheehy property replacing that with an easement of about 66 feet on the drainageway. <br />We still need to schedule an assessment hearing. Appraisal advice is being solicited in <br />order to prepare to specially assess the cost share to Sheehy. <br /> <br />Old Mill Road <br />We attended a Court hearing on November 10 regarding the assessment appeals from <br />Fruth and Fischer. The FruthlFisher's attorney requested a continuance in order to allow <br />them more time to get an appraisal to identify the benefit to their property. The hearing is <br />rescheduled to December 30, 2008. <br /> <br />2009 Street Improvement. You are scheduled for a work session to discuss the project <br />on December 1, 2008. We will supply you with a list of estimated assessments based on <br />the bid prices, in advance of that meeting. <br /> <br />Downtown. <br /> <br />Same. Beard has submitted application for the tax-credit project in Block 7 and continues <br />to work on Block 8 and the townhome portion on the east edge of the project area. It is <br />likely that nothing can begin before spring of 2009. <br /> <br />Paul Steffel has submitted a sketch plan for a building project on the property he still <br />owns at the northeast comer of the Centerville Road and Main Street intersection. Staff <br />will meet with him in early December to see what kind of assistance he might need to <br />move forward. <br /> <br />Same. We delayed bids for demolition of the property in Block 7, acquired from <br />Marshall. The Fire Department asked to use it for one more training exercise, but it <br />involved a bum and using water. That kind of training would be possible if any asbestos <br />is first removed. The buildings can be removed pretty quickly if all of the Beard pieces <br />come together and it hasn't yet been removed. <br /> <br />Trail grants. Mark Statz was authorized to do additional work on the trail project, <br />including field surveying and permit/environmental requirements. The surveyors were <br />not allowed on property owned by Ken Carpenter, where the proposed trail connects to <br />20th Avenue from the Center Street area. <br />